Chp. 37 verse 23 - Chp. 38 verse 8: The brothers strip Yosef of his coat of many colors, they throw him in a pit, and then they sit down to eat. They then sell him to the Ishmaelites who sell him in Egypt. They dip his coat in sheeps blood and show it to their father, who mourns for the loss of his favorite son. Chp. 38, begins the story of Yehudah marrying and fathering three sons. The eldest son, Er marries Tamar but he sins and dies.

Chp. 38 verse 8 - chp, 39 verse 6: Continues with Onan marrying his brothers widow and he too dies for his sins. Yehudah tells his daughter in law to wait for his third son to mature so that he can marry her, but she sees that Yehudah has no intention of doing so. And so Yehudah's wife dies and Tamar dresses up as a harlot and seduces her father in law without him realizing who she was. She becomes pregnant from that relationship and Yehudah wants her killed for infidelity but then he realizes that he is the father. She gives birth to twins. Chp. 39, begins with Yosef being sold to Potifar, a minister in Pharaoh's court. Hashem blesses Yosef in all that he does in the house of his new master.

Chp. 39 verse 7 - Chp. 40 verse 23: Potifars' wife tries to seduce Yosef, but he refuses. She accuses him of rape and he is thrown in the royal dungeon. There he meets the Chief Baker and Chief Butler. They both have a dream which Yosef interprets correctly. The Baker dies and the Butler lives. Yosef asks the Butler to remember him to Pharaoh.

Chp. 33 verse 4-9: Yaakov now on his way back to Canaan, sends messengers to his brother Esua with gifts, hoping to avoid a battle with his brother. Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men. Yaakov is afraid and distressed and he divides his family and possessions into two camps in the hope that one will survive.

Chp. 32 verse 9-18: Yaakov prays to Hashem for help. He then sends gifts to Esau.

Chp. 32 verse 19-31: Yaakov instructs the messengers what to say to Esau when they present him with the gifts. He has a fight with Esau's angel who injures him in his thigh, but Yaakov is victorious.

Chp. 32 verse 31 - Chp. 34 verse 14: Yaakov and Esau meet and they kiss and weep. Yaakov introduces his family to Esau. Esau offers to travel with Yaakov but he declines the offer, they separate peacefully. Yaakov goes to Schechem where he buys a parcel of land. Chp. 34 begins the story of the rape of Dinah and the beginning of the discussion between the brothers and her rapist, Schechem.

Chp.34 verse 15 - Chp. 35 verse 20: The brothers devise a plan to have the Schechemites' circumcise themselves. They agree and on the 3rd day Shimon and Levi kill all the men in the city and save Dinah. Yaakov and family leave Schechem and comes to Luz and he builds an alter to Hashem. Hashem changes his name to Israel. Rachel gives birth to Binyamin and dies in childbirth.

Chp. 35 verse 20 - end of chp. 36: : Yaakov buries Rachel on the road to Beth Lechem and puts a marker on her grave. Ruevain has relations with Bilhah. Yitzhok dies at the age of 180. Chp 36 tells us about the genealogy of Esau's family.

Chp. 28 verse 11 - chp. 28 verse 19. Yaakov spends the night at the site of the temple and he has a dream about a ladder. Hashem then blesses him and his descendants and promises to protect him. He comes to realize that the place was the gateway to heaven and he calls it Bais-el.